India, May 14 -- A leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to as many as 15 years in federal prison for soliciting violent attacks against the Jewish community and members of minority groups. One of 22-year-old Michail Chkhikvishvili's schemes included distributing poisoned candy to children during the holidays.

Known as the "Commander Butcher," Chkhikvishvili in 2025 pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and distributing instructions to make bombs and ricin. On Wednesday, May 13, he appeared in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. US District Judge Carol Bagley Amon imposed concurrent 180-month sentences on the two counts.

According to a press release by the US Department of Justice, "Chkhikvishvili is a lead...